1956 in France

Events from the year 1956 in France.

Events

2 January - Legislative Election held.
2 March - Morocco declares its independence from France.
20 March - Tunisia gains independence from France.
23 May - Minister Pierre Mendès-France resigns due to his government's policy on Algeria.
23 June - Loi Cadre passed by the French National Assembly, first step in the creation of the French Union.
10 September - Guy Mollet visits London and proposes a merger of France and the United Kingdom. However the idea was rejected by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden. ^[1]
28 September - Eden considers allowing France to join the Commonwealth of Nations, but this idea is also rejected. ^[1]
31 October - Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
6 November - British and French forces seize control of two Egyptian ports before declaring a ceasefire. ^[2]
7 November - Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to withdraw their troops from Arab lands immediately.
23 December - British and French troops leave Suez Canal. region.^[3]

5 January - Mistinguett, singer (b.1875).
3 February - Émile Borel, mathematician and politician (b.1871).
18 February - Gustave Charpentier, composer (b.1860).
17 March - Irène Joliot-Curie, scientist, shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 (b.1897).
20 May - Pierre Allemane, international soccer player (b.1882).
26 October - Walter Gieseking, pianist and composer (b.1895).
23 November - André Marty, leading figure in the French Communist Party (b.1886).